Misplaced Priorities
by TChris
As reported here, the CIA is housing and interrogating suspected terrorists in foreign prisons. The propriety of using secret prisons, where abuse (or even killings) may go unreported, is worthy of public debate, but Sen. Frist is unconcerned. Instead, he’s concerned that the administration's dirty little secret was made public.
"My concern is with leaks of information that jeopardize your safety and security - period," Frist said. "That is a legitimate concern."
...Frist was asked if that meant he was not concerned about investigating what goes on in detention centers.
"I am not concerned about what goes on and I'm not going to comment about the nature of that," Frist replied.
The House Intelligence Committee will investigate the leak (Sen. Lott has backpedaled on his initial speculation that the leak came from a Republican senator) while refusing to investigate a larger issue: the administration’s misuse of intelligence to justify the invasion of Iraq. Aren’t the issues that Frist and the House Republicans are trying to duck at least as important as the leaker’s identity? And where was all the Republican angst about safety and security when Scooter Libby (and, perhaps, yet-to-be-indicted coconspirators) leaked Valerie Plame's identity as a CIA operative?
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